BROWSE BY FINISH
Twelve swatches, measured on one blade — and the half sizes between them.
One scale, two answers.
The entire kasumi range, on one blade. Clean — no oil.
One scale, two answers.
How it looks.
The twelve swatches below mark the range. Every one leaves a real kasumi: the clad goes from a soft to a fine haze, the core goes from the softest haze to the darkest mirror.
mirror lives at both ends; the haze is the middle
How it cuts.
Swatches 1–4: Bite to refined toothiness. Most kitchen work.
Swatches 5–12: The finest edges — ura, special food cutting, fine tools, razors. And the base for the highest-contrast kasumi polish.
185 × 71 × 26 mm
Sealed
A beautiful kasumi and great sharpness on iron clad and wrought iron — and, because of its speed, be prepared to be surprised on stainless and honyaki.
The scratches from your synthetic foundation disappear into a clean, even kasumi with a bright haze on both core and clad.
A soft, fast suita for any blade.
173 × 61 × 22 mm
The scratches from your synthetic foundation disappear into a clean, even kasumi: a hazy core, a hazy clad, and great contrast between them — the clad a little darker than most uchigumori leave it.
A beautiful, very clean colourful uchigumori with aka renge throughout. A finisher for contrast on iron-clad blades, or for the cleanliness it leaves on the hagane of a honyaki; a useful pre-finisher if you want to lift as many micro-details as possible from wrought iron or tamahagane.
212 × 78 × 34 mm
Use it once on a honyaki and watch the hagane turn into a scratch-free, snow-white surface. On clad blades: a hazy core and clad with great contrast, the clad very bright, even for an uchigumori.
A beautiful, clean, soft uchigumori with white namazu. It works on any blade, and it is so dense that soaking won't change how it performs; water on the surface will — start with more than you think.
202 × 76 × 37 mm
Sides and bottom sealed with Japanese urushi.
Great contrast: the core comes close to a semi-mirror and the clad turns bright. It shines most on iron clad and wrought iron.
An asagi on the harder side of hardness Lv 4.
146 × 82 × 22 mm
Sides and bottom sealed with transparent lacquer.
Iron clad and wrought iron are where it shines — every detail lifted, high contrast held against a silvery, semi-mirror core.
Even with its fine grain, you will feel a high cutting speed and strong polishing power. Don’t be afraid to use this finer stone on stainless or honyaki.
192 × 72 × 30 mm
Sides and bottom sealed with transparent lacquer.
The olive-wood base is hand-lacquered with glossy Japanese urushi.
If you're looking for a very clean, contrasty kasumi — semi-mirror core, bright clad — and a hypnotic feeling in use, this is the one.
A visually striking pink and beige stone from Nakayama. Hard and dense as a body, yet soft in use: it releases slurry readily and never burnishes the clad, which is where the contrast comes from. It rarely needs flattening, so you can work the geometry precisely, and it will outlast whoever owns it.
KREAM Detail or fine finger stones can follow directly, but you'll be impressed by the finish from this suita alone.
138 × 77 × 15 mm
Sides and bottom sealed with transparent lacquer.
A clean, natural mirror on the core; on the clad a silvery, mid-grey haze to semi-mirror, depending on pressure.
Keep it for iron clad, wrought iron and damascus, where you can inspect the tiniest details — a very clean surface on which to see what KREAM Detail can really do.
On honyaki: use it only for the edge.
Enhances fine activity within the metal.
Used as a final step, after KREAM Haze, a bench stone or finger stones in order to reveals the fine activity within the metal. Fine grain but the surface won’t turn into a bland mirror. It will instead spit details like aluminium foil.
Fat-based — it doesn't evaporate, so the blade stays protected through a long session.
Works on both hagane and jigane, and rewards careful surface preparation.
One syringe goes a long way.
Tested on iron clad, Damascus, wrought iron, honyaki and mono steel.
Find the one you like. Take its number.
The complete finger-stone progression for the cladding of iron-clad, damascus, and wrought-iron knives.
— Haze, Clarity, Zero, Depth
Four sets, in the order the cladding wants them: Haze opens and evens the surface, Clarity builds contrast and definition, Zero refines it further, and Depth lifts the finest detail from the haze — fine enough to stay off the core when worked carefully and selectively. Each step prepares the next; skip one and the result shows it.
Everything the jigane of a clad knife needs for a refined kasumi. The core stays as your bench stone left it.
Detail is available separately, for lifting fine activity within the metal when a knife calls for it.
Ready to use. Each type marked for quick identification during work.
Polishing compound for a quick, clean kasumi quickly.
For creative knives enthusiasts and kasumi artists who don’t have the evening every evening.
Develops a clean, hazy kasumi quickly on any blade. It also removes light rust, patina and surface inconsistencies. Useful as a maintenance step between sessions, or as a foundation before more refined work, even on a Tuesday evening.
You can apply the cream with your bare finger tip or a worn finger stone depending intensity of the finish you’re after.
One syringe goes a long way.
Tested on iron clad, Damascus, wrought iron, honyaki and mono steel.
Like a shoe size
And it works like a shoe size. You know your number — after that every colour is open to you, and you can order again in five years without trying it on.
I can't tell you your favourite colour. I can tell you the number of the one you liked.
Both work for the same reason. The number isn't my opinion of the finish — it's a measurement. Same blade, same light, same distance, every time. That's why it still means something when you come back, and why it means the same thing to you as it does to me.
USING ALL THE TOOLS
Some finishes take everything.
USING ALL THE TOOLS
Some finishes take everything.
The stone lays the first stroke, the palette plays the tones, the signature closes it. White hagane against a black, detailed mirror — the far end of what's reachable.
The shop is a sample of what I keep. If the finish you want isn't listed — a different size, a different character, something between two swatches — tell me your blade and your budget. There's no finish in this space I can't reach: I'll match it, or I'll make it.
Finer on the core, or finer on the clad, are both possible on request.
Not your size? I'll check my drawers.
